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Greater Lynchburg Transit Company Overview

Greater Lynchburg Transit Co 1974-2009 In October of 1974 the City of Lynchburg bought out the privately owned Lynchburg Transit Co and reorganized and renamed the company the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC). The company provided bus service to Lynchburg and in March of 1991 the City of Lynchburg terminated its taxi service contract for the ambulatory elderly and disabled, and GLTC began to operate its Paratransit service for customers with disabilities, based on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Due to state law regarding union negotiations, GLTC, along with many other transit sys...tems, contract out to a private company the management of the transit system. First Transit Inc has been managing GLTC since its inception. Greater Lynchburg Transit Co 2009-Present In 2009 GLTC celebrated its 35 year anniversary and was also the recipient of the American Public Transit Association (APTA) Small Urban System of the Year award. GLTC is currently working on several large projects to improve our system for our customers including Real Time bus location technologies and a new transfer center with enclosed passenger waiting and ticketing. Currently GLTC operates 37 buses on 14 routes Monday through Saturday and 12 cut-away buses for Paratransit Demand Response. Currently 68% of our Fixed Route fleet is diesel-electric hybrid and the average fleet age of 3.6 years. More
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